Milan-San Remo in numbers

The Milan-San Remo one-day classic has generated a long list of statistics since its debut year in 1907. This year, it celebrates its 107th edition and Cycling Weekly looks back at some of the numbers.

1907

The year the race debuted. Frenchman Lucien Petit-Breton won. The race was shorter, but he needed 11 hours and 4 minutes to complete the 286 kilometres.

20

The age of the youngest winner Ugo Agostoni. Eddy Merckx was 20 years, but slightly older than when the Italian won in 1914.

36

Andrei Tchmil became the oldest winner in 1999. Tchmil, then Belgian, jumped from the pack at 600 metres remaining after the group had caught an earlier attack. He held off the sprint led by Erik Zabel.

16

11

The distance in centimetres in which Mark Cavendish won over Heinrich Haussler in 2009.

45.806

The fastest average speed in km/h recorded when Gianni Bugno won in 1990. He attacked free on the Cipressa, held 18 seconds at the top and 15 seconds on the Poggio. He won by four seconds over German Rolf Gölz.

9-36

Fastest time in minutes up the 5.7-kilometre Cipressa set by Francesco Casagrande (Fassa Bortolo) in 2001. It was not enough to break up the group, which Erik Zabel led into San Remo over Mario Cipollini.

5-46

Giorgio Furlan’s time, a record, up the 3.7-kilometre Poggio in 1994. He held 15 seconds on the group over the top and won by 20 seconds over Mario Cipollini.

23

The number of curves on the descent of the Poggio in addition to the seven switchbacks. Going up, the riders face six curves and four switchbacks over 3.7km.

1960

Year race director, Vincenzo Torriani added the climb to the Poggio hilltop down. The climb to Cipressa was added in 1982. The 4.7-kilometre Le Mànie, last used in 2012, came in 2008.

Cyclists climb the Poggio during Milan-San Remo

2007

The last year the race finished in the centre of town on the Via Roma. Spaniard Oscar Freire won from a bunch sprint.